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Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham

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by Billy Graham


  Arriving in Chicago with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962, after a plane trip together from Florida.

  At the Kremlin with Politburo member Boris Ponomarev, 1984.

  Being welcomed in 1964 by Cardinal Richard J. Cushing of Boston, the first ranking Roman Catholic cleric to extend recognition to our ministry.

  Meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain, 1989.

  Preaching in the pouring rain to troops in Vietnam, December 1966.

  Speaking at the infamous Wall of Death at the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz, Poland, 1978.

  Answering questions at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1982.

  Visiting the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, December 1977, where 100,000 lost their lives in a devastating cyclone and tidal wave.

  Touring earthquake-damaged areas of Northern California, October 1989. Behind is a collapsed section of Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland.

  On the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, minutes after a bomb blast killed several people, 1972.

  A first in Communist-dominated Europe: crowds legally gathering on public property for an evangelistic service, Pécs, Hungary, 1985.

  Preaching to an impromptu gathering of people from the Masai tribe during the 1960 African tour.

  Closing meeting of the 1973 Seoul, Korea, Crusade in Yoido Plaza with more than one million people, the largest audience in our ministry.

  Some 250,000 people gather to hear the gospel in Central Park, New York, 1991.

  Metropolitan (later Patriarch) Alexei listens as I preach in the Orthodox Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia, 1984.

  A crowd estimated at 150,000 welcomes us to the Orthodox Cathedral in Timisoara, Romania, 1985.

  Following our discussions, Chinese Premier Li Peng escorts Ruth and me to our car, 1988.

  Japanese Christians welcome us to their country for a series of Crusades, 1980. Left: Team members Walter Smyth and Henry Holley.

  Franklin, Ruth, and I visit Ruth’s childhood home in Huaiyin, China, during our 1988 trip.

  Singing with school children at the Great Wall of China, 1988.

  Photo Insert C

  1996

  With Grady Wilson and President Lyndon Johnson, sharing a joke at the President’s Texas ranch.

  Leading a prayer at the inauguration of President Richard M. Nixon, January 20, 1969.

  With President Ronald Reagan at the Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony at the White House, 1983.

  Golfing with President Gerald Ford, 1974.

  Exchanging views with President Jimmy Carter during a trip to Atlanta.

  With President and Mrs. Bush the night the Persian Gulf War began, January 16, 1991. The inscription reads, “Billy—Thank you for being with us at this critical moment in world history—Geo. Bush.”

  With Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, following a chapel service at Sandringham, 1984.

  George magazine editor-in-chief, John F. Kennedy, Jr., interviews me in New York, 1996.

  Famed boxing champion Muhammad Ali visits us in our Montreat home, 1979.

  With Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, 1993.

  Russian President Boris Yeltsin welcomes me to the Kremlin following the close of the 1991 Moscow School of Evangelism.

  In the Kremlin office of President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, 1991.

  On our fiftieth wedding anniversary, August 13, 1993, with children (from left) Ned, Gigi, Franklin, Ruth (Bunny), and Anne. Ruth is wearing her original wedding gown.

  Speaking in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol during the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Ruth and me, May 2, 1996.

  In the Oval Office with President Bill Clinton, 1996.

  Relaxing at home, 1993.

  Visiting with President Jiang Zemin of the People’s Republic of China, during his state visit to the United States, November 2, 1997.

  Meeting in Boston with Christian and Muslim leaders from Iraq, September 25, 1999.

  Speaking in Amsterdam via satellite to twelve thousand evangelists and church leaders from over two hundred and ten countries, 2000.

  Overflow crowds watched the New York Crusade meetings via large screen projection in Flushing Meadows, New York, June, 2005. In the background is the famous sculpture representing the earth from the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

  A Nation in Mourning: Speaking at the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance in the Washington National Cathedral, September 14, 2001.

  President and Mrs. George W. Bush, along with former presidents and other national leaders, joined in the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, September 14, 2001.

  President and Mrs. George W. Bush welcome us to the White House to celebrate my 83rd birthday. In back is our son, Franklin, with his wife, Jane, November, 2001.

  Still a team after more than six decades: George Beverly Shea and I welcome each other to our final crusade, New York, June, 2005.

  Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer, acting on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, confers on me the Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), at the British Embassy in Washington, December 6, 2001.

  Fifty-five years after our 1949 Los Angeles meetings, over three hundred thousand people gathered during four days of meetings in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl for the Greater Los Angeles Crusade, November, 2004.

  Architect’s drawing of the new Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, designed to resemble a typical dairy barn from my childhood. In the foreground is my boyhood home, reassembled brick-by-brick from its original location on my father’s farm only a few miles away.

  Billy Graham Crusades: 1947–1974

  1947

  Grand Rapids, Michigan

  Charlotte, North Carolina

  1948

  Augusta, Georgia

  Modesto, California

  1949

  Miami, Florida

  Baltimore, Maryland

  Altoona, Pennsylvania

  Los Angeles, California

  1950

  Boston, Massachusetts

  Columbia, South Carolina

  Tour—New England States

  Portland, Oregon

  Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Atlanta, Georgia

  1951

  Tour—Southern States

  Fort Worth, Texas

  Shreveport, Louisiana

  Memphis, Tennessee

  Seattle, Washington

  Hollywood, California

  Greensboro, North Carolina

  Raleigh, North Carolina

  1952

  Washington, D.C.

  Tour—American Cities

  Houston, Texas

  Jackson, Mississippi

  Tour—American Cities

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Albuquerque, New Mexico

  1953

  Tour—Florida Cities

  Chattanooga, Tennessee

  St. Louis, Missouri

  Dallas, Texas

  Tour—West Texas

  Syracuse, New York

  Detroit, Michigan

  Asheville, North Carolina

  1954

  London, England

  Europe Tour

  Amsterdam

  Berlin

  Copenhagen

  Düsseldorf

  Frankfurt

  Helsinki

  Paris

  Stockholm

  Nashville, Tennessee

  New Orleans, Louisiana

  Tour—West Coast

  1955

  Glasgow, Scotland

  Tour—Scotland Cities

  London, England

  Paris, France

  Zurich, Switzerland

  Geneva, Switzerland

  Mannheim, West Germany

  Stuttgart, West Germany

  Nürnberg, West Germany

  Dortmund, West Germany

  Frankfurt, West Germany

  U.S. Service Bases

 
; Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  Oslo, Norway

  Gothenburg, Sweden

  Aarhus, Denmark

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  1956

  Tour—India and the Far East

  Richmond, Virginia

  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  Louisville, Kentucky

  1957

  New York City, New York

  1958

  Caribbean Tour

  San Francisco, California

  Sacramento, California

  Fresno, California

  Santa Barbara, California

  Los Angeles, California

  San Diego, California

  San Antonio, Texas

  Charlotte, North Carolina

  1959

  Melbourne, Australia

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Sydney, Australia

  Perth, Australia

  Brisbane, Australia

  Adelaide, Australia

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Christchurch, New Zealand

  Canberra, Launceston, and

  Hobart, Australia

  Little Rock, Arkansas

  Wheaton, Illinois

  Indianapolis, Indiana

  1960

  Monrovia, Liberia

  Accra, Ghana

  Kumasi, Ghana

  Lagos, Nigeria

  Ibadan, Nigeria

  Kaduna, Nigeria

  Enugu, Nigeria

  Jos, Nigeria

  Bulawayo, South Rhodesia

  Salisbury, Rhodesia

  Kitwe, North Rhodesia

  Moshi, Tanganyika

  Kisumu, Kenya

  Usumbura, Ruanda-Urundi

  Nairobi, Kenya

  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  Cairo, Egypt

  Tour—Middle East

  Washington, D.C.

  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Bern, Switzerland

  Zurich, Switzerland

  Basel, Switzerland

  Lausanne, Switzerland

  Essen, West Germany

  Hamburg, West Germany

  Berlin, West Germany

  New York City (Spanish)

  1961

  Jacksonville, Florida

  Orlando, Florida

  Clearwater, Florida

  St. Petersburg, Florida

  Tampa, Florida

  Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida

  Tallahassee, Florida

  Gainesville, Florida

  Miami, Florida

  Cape Canaveral, Florida

  West Palm Beach, Florida

  Vero Beach, Florida

  Peace River Park, Florida (Sunrise Service)

  Boca Raton, Florida

  Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  Manchester, England

  Glasgow, Scotland

  Belfast, Ireland

  Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  1962

  Tour—South America

  Chicago, Illinois

  Fresno, California

  Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

  Tour—South America

  El Paso, Texas

  1963

  Paris, France

  Lyon, France

  Toulouse, France

  Mulhouse, France

  Nürnberg, West Germany

  Stuttgart, West Germany

  Los Angeles, California

  1964

  Birmingham, Alabama

  Phoenix, Arizona

  San Diego, California

  Columbus, Ohio

  Omaha, Nebraska

  Boston, Massachusetts

  Manchester, New Hampshire

  Portland, Maine

  Bangor, Maine

  Providence, Rhode Island

  Louisville, Kentucky

  1965

  Hawaiian Islands

  Honolulu, Oahu

  Kahului, Maui

  Hilo, Hawaii

  Lihue, Kauai

  Dothan, Alabama

  Tuscaloosa, Alabama

  University of Alabama

  Auburn, Alabama

  Auburn University

  Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

  Montgomery, Alabama

  Copenhagen, Denmark

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Seattle, Washington

  Denver, Colorado

  Houston, Texas

  1966

  Greenville, South Carolina

  London, England

  Berlin, West Germany

  1967

  Ponce, Puerto Rico

  San Juan, Puerto Rico

  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  Great Britain

  Turin, Italy

  Zagreb, Yugoslavia

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Kansas City, Missouri

  Tokyo, Japan

  1968

  Brisbane, Australia

  Sydney, Australia

  Portland, Oregon

  San Antonio, Texas

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  1969

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Dunedin, New Zealand

  Melbourne, Australia

  New York City, New York

  Anaheim, California

  1970

  Dortmund, West Germany

  Knoxville, Tennessee

  New York City, New York

  Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  1971

  Lexington, Kentucky

  Chicago, Illinois

  Oakland, California

  Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

  1972

  Charlotte, North Carolina

  Birmingham, Alabama

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Kohima, Nagaland, India

  1973

  Durban, South Africa

  Johannesburg, South Africa

  Seoul, Korea (South)

  Atlanta, Georgia

  Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

  Raleigh, North Carolina

  St. Louis, Missouri

  1974

  Phoenix, Arizona

  Los Angeles, California (25th Anniversary Celebration)

  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Norfolk-Hampton, Virginia

  Billy Graham Crusades: 1975–2005

  1975

  Albuquerque, New Mexico

  Jackson, Mississippi

  Brussels, Belgium

  Lubbock, Texas

  Taipei, Taiwan

  Hong Kong

  1976

  Seattle, Washington

  Williamsburg, Virginia

  San Diego, California

  Detroit, Michigan

  Nairobi, Kenya

  1977

  Gothenburg, Sweden

  Asheville, North Carolina

  South Bend, Indiana

  Tour—Hungary

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  Manila, Philippines

  Good News Festivals in India

  1978

  Las Vegas, Nevada

  Memphis, Tennessee

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Kansas City, Missouri

  Oslo, Norway

  Stockholm, Sweden

  Tour—Poland

  Singapore

  1979

  São Paulo, Brazil

  Tampa, Florida

  Sydney, Australia

  Nashville, Tennessee

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  1980

  Oxford, England

  Cambridge, England

  Indianapolis, Indiana

  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  Wheaton, Illinois

  Okinawa, Japan

  Osaka, Japan

  Fukuoka, Japan

  Tokyo, Japan

  Reno, Nevada

  Las Vegas, Nevada

  1981

  Mexico City, Mexico

  Villahermosa, Mexico

  Boca Raton, Florida

  Bal
timore, Maryland

  Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  San Jose, California

  Houston, Texas

  1982

  Blackpool, England

  Providence, Rhode Island

  Burlington, Vermont

  Portland, Maine

  Springfield, Massachusetts

  Manchester, New Hampshire

  Hartford, Connecticut

  New Haven, Connecticut

  Summary of New England University and College Lecture Tour

  Boston, Massachusetts

  Northeastern University

  Amherst, Massachusetts

  University of Massachusetts

  New Haven, Connecticut

  Yale University

  Cambridge, Massachusetts

  Harvard University

  Newton, Massachusetts

  Boston College

  Cambridge, Massachusetts

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  South Hamilton, Massachusetts

  Gordon-Conwell Seminary

  Hanover, New Hampshire

  Dartmouth College

  Boston, Massachusetts

  Boise, Idaho

  Spokane, Washington

  Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  German Democratic Republic

  Wittenberg

  Dresden (Saxony)

  Görlitz

  Stendal

  Stralsund

  Berlin

  Czechoslovakia

  Prague

  Brno

  Bratislava

  Nassau, Bahamas

  1983

  Orlando, Florida

  Tacoma, Washington

  Sacramento, California

  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  1984

  Anchorage, Alaska

  Mission England

  Bristol

  Sunderland

  Norwich

  Birmingham

  Liverpool

  Ipswich

  Seoul, Korea (South)

  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

  Leningrad, Russia

  Tallinn, Estonia

  Novosibirsk, Siberia

  Moscow, Russia

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  1985

  Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  Hartford, Connecticut

  Sheffield, England

  Anaheim, California

  Romania

  Suceava

  Cluj-Napoca

  Oradea

  Arad

  Timisoara

 

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